Awake: 7:00am Temp 62 sleep 6+16 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
During our movie last night, we could hear fire works going off in several local areas; I was tempted to check it out...but the hour was late & Kathy was so beautiful....almost falling asleep! So: "Happy Fourth of July" to you out there, wherever you may be.
Early afternoon, K & I walked to the Pavilion outside the Community Center & joined other interested people to witness Boy Scout Troop 66 conducting the ceremony of: Burning old worn out, torn & decrepit U.S. flags.
Zack, who is close to having his Eagle Scout award, advertised locally for (1) month & collected (129) old flags that were no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country. There were about (30 +) attendees @ this ceremony. Look closely to see all these flags folded up as outlined in the ceremony procedures.
Not intentionally, but Zack turned his back on me as I shot this photo...& I overlooked getting a better photo of him as he went through the proper measures of burning the worn out U.S. flags.
According to the book, they used charcoal to burn the flags in the barrel.
Before the flags could be burned, they had to be folded again in the proper manner. Zack & the boy scouts of Troop 66 did a fine job at this 1st time ceremony in Nicktown.
Dinner: we ate early: leftover Sirloin tip steak, baked potato, yam, fresh corn on the cob & fresh mixed salad + some cantaloupe.
Evening movie: "The Long, Long Trailer" with Lucille Ball, Desi Armaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, etc. Pleasant vehicle for Lucy and Desi, on honeymoon with cumbersome trailer that creates havoc for the duo. Plenty of slapstick. 1954. The movie itself was not that terrific, but since we've trailered & motorhomed, we could identify, appreciate, & definitely laugh at some of the situations they got into.
Lights out: 12:04am.
During our movie last night, we could hear fire works going off in several local areas; I was tempted to check it out...but the hour was late & Kathy was so beautiful....almost falling asleep! So: "Happy Fourth of July" to you out there, wherever you may be.
Early afternoon, K & I walked to the Pavilion outside the Community Center & joined other interested people to witness Boy Scout Troop 66 conducting the ceremony of: Burning old worn out, torn & decrepit U.S. flags.
Zack, who is close to having his Eagle Scout award, advertised locally for (1) month & collected (129) old flags that were no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country. There were about (30 +) attendees @ this ceremony. Look closely to see all these flags folded up as outlined in the ceremony procedures.
Not intentionally, but Zack turned his back on me as I shot this photo...& I overlooked getting a better photo of him as he went through the proper measures of burning the worn out U.S. flags.
According to the book, they used charcoal to burn the flags in the barrel.
Before the flags could be burned, they had to be folded again in the proper manner. Zack & the boy scouts of Troop 66 did a fine job at this 1st time ceremony in Nicktown.
Dinner: we ate early: leftover Sirloin tip steak, baked potato, yam, fresh corn on the cob & fresh mixed salad + some cantaloupe. Evening movie: "The Long, Long Trailer" with Lucille Ball, Desi Armaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, etc. Pleasant vehicle for Lucy and Desi, on honeymoon with cumbersome trailer that creates havoc for the duo. Plenty of slapstick. 1954. The movie itself was not that terrific, but since we've trailered & motorhomed, we could identify, appreciate, & definitely laugh at some of the situations they got into.
Lights out: 12:04am.
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